cve/2023/CVE-2023-46672.md

### [CVE-2023-46672](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-46672)
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![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=8.10.0%3C%208.11.1%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-532%20Insertion%20of%20Sensitive%20Information%20into%20Log%20File&color=brighgreen)

### Description

An issue was identified by Elastic whereby sensitive information is recorded in Logstash logs under specific circumstances.The prerequisites for the manifestation of this issue are:  *  Logstash  is configured to log in JSON format https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/running-logstash-command-line.html , which is not the default logging format.  *  Sensitive data is stored in the Logstash keystore and referenced as a variable in Logstash configuration.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security

#### Github
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds